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Ice cubes for temperature adjustments

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Not sure why there is an angry face in the title and can't figure out how to remove it...

As temperature is starting to rise, I was wondering if freezing cubes of treated water would be good to use for minor temperature adjustments within the aquarium. I have a 12 gallon and a 5 gallon tank. The 12 currently has 3 subtropicals (will be adding 2 more currently in QT, and possibly 2 at a later date), and the 5 has a male betta with heater. Is this a good idea for both/either tank? If so, could I just put the cubes in the tank and let them melt, or should they be in plastic bags?

Why would you be cooling a betta tank exactly? What temps are we talking about here

Personally, I wouldn't bother but can you be more specific wrt your 12g stock? 'subtropicals' isn't very telling.

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

Those temps are not going to be an issue. I am curious about the dimensions of the 12 tank though.

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

64-74 degrees on average...a this is the first summer I will have the 12 gallon, I wanted to do the research before the temps rise

Originally Posted by Goes to 11!

Those temps are not going to be an issue. I am curious about the dimensions of the 12 tank though.

Originally Posted by Betta113

Even if the inside air temp get to 90 degrees?
21 x 11.5 x 17.5 inches for the tank

... 90f is obviously not the temps I referred to.

Care to elaborate?

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

I think his question is if the air temp gets up to 90 degrees what would be a good method to cool the tank if needed. I don't think ice cubes would be a good method, I see that causing to rapid a shift in temp and causing uneven temps within the tank.

The ice melts in about 2 minutes and doesn't do anything much. If tank temps get too warm, leave the lights off more and turn a fan on the tank but that would only be necessary if the water temps got up over 80 and beyond.